Recommended Books – John J. Robinson

John J. Robinson was an amateur historian who developed an interest in Masonic history. His research into Freemasonry led him to join a Masonic lodge.

We recommend John J. Robinson’s A Pilgrim’s Path: Freemasonry and the Religious Right as a very worthwhile refutation of many of the claims and accusations made against Freemasons and Freemasonry. The book focuses on the claims made against Freemasonry by members of the American “religious right” but the anti-Freemasonry statements John J. Robinson details in this book are common to many of Freemasonry’s critics.

John J. Robinson wrote another book called Born In Blood: The Lost Secrets of Freemasonry, which argued that Freemasonry originated from the Knights Templar (see below). Other writers have made similar claims but Freemasonry does not claim any connection(s) to the Knights Templar.